PP_GIRL_@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhat popular quote are you tired of hearing?message-squaremessage-square320fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1142arrow-down1message-squareWhat popular quote are you tired of hearing?PP_GIRL_@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square320fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCoggyMcFee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·10 months ago They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown. —Carl Sagan
minus-squareForgotAboutDre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoColumbus thought the world was pear shaped. Meaning it was viable to get to India by going west. If the Americas didn’t exist he would have died. It was well known at the time that the world was round. The ancient Greeks had a very good calculation if the circumference of the earth.
—Carl Sagan
Columbus thought the world was pear shaped. Meaning it was viable to get to India by going west. If the Americas didn’t exist he would have died.
It was well known at the time that the world was round. The ancient Greeks had a very good calculation if the circumference of the earth.